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GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 15, 1909.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910. Serial No. 527,993.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, I-IEMAN C. CLEVELAND, a citizen of the Buffalo,

This lnvention relates to a game a or amusement device, based Poleexpeditions of Cook and paratus upon t e North .Peary,although theapparatus may be modified to represent other contestants and otherexpeditions or routes of travel, without departing from the invention.`Its object is the rovision of a game apparatus which shall e bothenterand instructive and which at the same time calls for a skilful anddexterous `manipulation of the game board.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l a top plan View of the gameapparatus. 4ig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on line 2-2, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3, Fig'. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding' parts throughoutthe several views.

The apparatus comprises a base A, preferably in the form of a shallowbox, which have a permanent tran parent cover B, 1f desired, or anordinary removable cover. Upon the upper side of the box bottom a map C,preferably of the Arctic or polar regions, is printed or otherwiserepresented. That illustrated in the drawin s includes the circles oflatitude near the i orth Pole, the adjacent lands and broken lines c, c1indicating the routes taken by the explorers Cook and Peary.Representing the pole is an object D, preferably consisting of acircular house or covered inclosure provided in its closed top with anentrance-opening d ening Z1 for the men or game-pieces E, E1. One ofthese represents Cook and the other other desired contestants orobjects. Each preferably consists of a hollow cylindrical body orcapsule partly filled with mercury the capsule at one end or the other,rendering its movements uncertain and erratic and adding to theamusement of the game, while at the same time facilitating the jumpingof the game-piece into the pole-inclosure, as hereinafter described.

Surrounding the pole-inclosure D are a number of walls or barriers F, F1represent- Peary, or any l ing circles of latitude, two of such wallsbeing shown inthe drawings. These walls and the inclosure are placed asuitable distance apart and the spaces between them are open oruncovered, as shown. The inner wall F contains a doorway or passage /1for the game-pieces, while the outer wall F1 preferably has two similarpassages f1, 2 located out of line with the corresponding' respectivelyto Cook and Peary. of passing the game-pieces through these doorways,they may be provided with hoods or covered passages g, g1, the hood g ofthe inner wall being preferably located on its inner side, while thehoods g1 of the outer wall are located on its outer side, as shown.

In the near or lower end of the box A are preferably arranged twocompartments I-I, H1, representing the starting stations of theexplorers. These are separated from each other by a central partition,preferably consisting of a house or covered inclosure I representing acache. This has an entranceopening z' for the game-pieces in its top anda covered exit-passage 1 leading from its front side and extendingthrough a transverse wall or barrier J which represents the horizon lineand separates the compartments H, H1 from the main compartment of thebox containing' the pole-inclosure D and annular walls F, F1. The wall Ihas passages j, j1, connecting the respective starting compartments H,H1, with said main compartment.

The game-pieces may bear the names of the explorers, as shown, or theymay be differently colored or otherwise distinguished.

The game is intended to be played by one person who plays the piecesalternately, although two or more persons may play the game by turns, ifdesired. Its object is to direct the men or pieces along theirrespective routes from the starting stations or compartments I-I, H1,into the pole-inclosure D and back to the stations, the game-piece first'to return being the winner. lVhen played by one person the men areplaced in the respective starting compartments H, H1. The player thenendeavors to jump one of the men into the cache I through its topopeningz', by an adroit manipulation of the box. If unsuccessful, he gives theother man a chance by trying to jump him into the cache,'and so on untilone or both have ensage of his own,

tered the same. If in trying to jump a man into the cache, he passesover into his rivals starting compartment, he must be returned to hisown by passing him out through the passage y' or jl of the rivalscompartment and then through the corresponding pasthis being done bytilting and tapping the boX to cause the piece to slide or roll alongthe desired course. After one or both men have entered the cache, thedash for the pole begins, the player tilting the box to cause one orboth men to pass through the exit l of the cache into the maincompartment in front of the wall J. He then tries to pass one of the menthe corresponding doorway f1 or f ,outer pole-barrier F1 and thencethrough the doorway f of the inner pole-barrier F. Failing in either ofthese attempts, he plays the other man with the same object. Havingpassed a man into the space between the pole-inclosure D, and said innerbarrier, he tries to jump him through the top-opening of the inclosureand then returns him to his starting compartment through the exitopening all of the pole-inclosure and thence through the passage f,doorways f1 or f2,l and passage y', or jl.

The essential and interesting features of the apparatus would still beretained if the cache I, and the transverse wall` J were omitted. I donot therefore wish to be limited to the particular embodiment of theapparatus herein shown and described.

I claim as my invention:

l. A game apparatus, comprising a base, a covered inclosure mountedthereon and having an entrance-opening in its top and an exit-opening inanother part thereof, and a game-piece consisting or' a hollow rollablebody partly filled with mercury and adapted to be jumped through saidentrance-opening.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a ase, a covered linclosure having anentranceopening in its top and an exit-opening in its side, one or morewalls surrounding said inclosure and having openings for the passage lof game-pieces, covered passages extendingl from one or more ofsaidrwalls in line with their openings, and gamepieces movable on thebase and adapted to be passed through said wall-openings and to bejumped into said inclosure through its top-opening.

3. A game apparatus, comprising a base l bearing a map of the polarregions, an object mounted thereon and representing the pole, a gamepiece movable on the base and representing an arctic-explorer, and acovered inclosure mounted on the base at a distance from saidpole-object and representing a cache, said inclosure having anexit-opening and an entrance-opening in its top through which thegame-pieces are adapted to be jumped into it.

4. A game apparatus, comprising a base bearing a map of the polarregions, an object mounted thereon and representing the pole,game-pieces movable on the base and representing arctic-explorers,independent starting compartments for the respective gaine-piecesarranged at a distance Jfrom said pole-object, and a partitionseparating said compartments and consisting of a covered inclosureprovided in its topV with an entrance-opening for the game-pieces, saiinclosure also having an exit leading to the space containing saidpole-object.

5. A game apparatus, having a map of the polar regions delineated uponits bottom, a covered inclosure representing the pole, mounted on saidmap and having an entrance-opening in its top and an exit-opening in itsside, walls surrounding said inclosure and having passages, the spacesbetween said walls and between the latter and the inclosure beinguncovered, a second covered inclosure representing a cache, mounted onsaid map at a dist-ance from the first-named inclosure and provided withan exit-opening and in its top with an entrance-opening, andgaine-pieces representing arctic-explorers movable upon the bottom oi'the box and adapted to pass through said openings and passages. 6. Againe apparatus, comprising a base, a covered inclosure mounted thereonand having an entrance-opening in its top and an exit-opening in anotherpart'thereof, a starting station at a distance from said inclosure, anda gaine-piece consisting of a hollow rollable body partly filled withmercury and adapted to be jumped into said 1nclosure through itsentrance-opening.

1Witness my hand this 9th day of November, 1909.

'HEMAN C. CLEVELAND.

Witnesses C. F. GEYER, ANNA Hnieis.

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